Dora the Explora wears nice tunic and leggings; is apparently slutty
Seriously, I guess that's what people think. Searching "dora the explorer slut" yields 64,900 results. Do you want to know what Slutty!Dora looks like? Or are you too scared? Well, you shouldn't be.
This is Dora's cute new outfit/zomg horrifying slutwear. Yes, it would be nice if Dora felt comfortable continuing to wear a plain t-shirt and shorts in middle school, okay, but... "slutty"? I WANT THOSE CLOTHES. Actually, they're far too cutesy for a college student like me; I want to buy them for my fourteen-year-old sister. I guess, horror of horrors, Dora looks like she's wearing lip gloss and mascara/eyeliner? If that's what you want to see? The only problem I see is that I really do not envy whichever older family member undoubtedly has to help do her hair. My aforementioned sister's hair isn't anywhere near half her height like Dora's, and she also doesn't even play with a monkey in the jungle, but it generally looks a sight anyway. Does the monkey do Dora's hair? I digress. Point is, Dora the Explorer is now a tween with a nice outfit and mildly impractical hair.
Nonetheless, comparisons to another young girl who's not as oversexed as people think she is and an artist's rendering of what a young Hispanic girl not in white Velcro sneakers apparently looks like follow. Okay, guys, how about you support a TV show about a teenage Latina tomboy, and let Dora keep her trendy little purple outfit, for Christ's sake.
I have no idea how anyone can find it entertaining to say that a pre-pubertal girl wearing plastic flower beads looks like a slut. If she did look sexualized, that would be terrible. As a matter of fact, she's not even wearing less clothing than she did before she got made over, and her makeover is adorable. Society has this horrible prurient interest in teenage girls doing anything that can be sexualized. If it's actually sexual, people shouldn't want to see it, but most of the time, it wasn't sexual until people decided it was, and either way, it becomes a big hairy deal that should make everyone who takes notice feel like they need a shower.
Yes, I know Dora's makeover is a year old, shut up.
This is Dora's cute new outfit/zomg horrifying slutwear. Yes, it would be nice if Dora felt comfortable continuing to wear a plain t-shirt and shorts in middle school, okay, but... "slutty"? I WANT THOSE CLOTHES. Actually, they're far too cutesy for a college student like me; I want to buy them for my fourteen-year-old sister. I guess, horror of horrors, Dora looks like she's wearing lip gloss and mascara/eyeliner? If that's what you want to see? The only problem I see is that I really do not envy whichever older family member undoubtedly has to help do her hair. My aforementioned sister's hair isn't anywhere near half her height like Dora's, and she also doesn't even play with a monkey in the jungle, but it generally looks a sight anyway. Does the monkey do Dora's hair? I digress. Point is, Dora the Explorer is now a tween with a nice outfit and mildly impractical hair.
Nonetheless, comparisons to another young girl who's not as oversexed as people think she is and an artist's rendering of what a young Hispanic girl not in white Velcro sneakers apparently looks like follow. Okay, guys, how about you support a TV show about a teenage Latina tomboy, and let Dora keep her trendy little purple outfit, for Christ's sake.
I have no idea how anyone can find it entertaining to say that a pre-pubertal girl wearing plastic flower beads looks like a slut. If she did look sexualized, that would be terrible. As a matter of fact, she's not even wearing less clothing than she did before she got made over, and her makeover is adorable. Society has this horrible prurient interest in teenage girls doing anything that can be sexualized. If it's actually sexual, people shouldn't want to see it, but most of the time, it wasn't sexual until people decided it was, and either way, it becomes a big hairy deal that should make everyone who takes notice feel like they need a shower.
Yes, I know Dora's makeover is a year old, shut up.